title: Benign intracerebral cysts with ependymal lining: pathological and radiological features.
abstract: Cerebral intraparenchymal cysts without communication with the ventricles are very rare. We report four such cases with no relevant past history or evidence of infection, haemorrhage, trauma, tumour or congenital neural tube defect. At operation smooth wailed cysts with an ependymal-type lining were found. To the best of our knowledge, we present the first correlation of their pathological and radiological features (including magnetic resonance imaging). We also review the literature on these cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lustgarten
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papanastassiou
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed